A World of Color: Red

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  1. amaranth
    any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
  2. blood-red
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  3. burgundy
    a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color
  4. cardinal
    a vivid red color
  5. carmine
    a vivid red color
  6. carnelian
    a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
  7. cerise
    a red the color of ripe cherries
  8. cherry
    a red the color of ripe cherries
  9. chrome red
    a red pigment used in paints; basic lead chromate
  10. cinnabar
    of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  11. claret
    a dark purplish-red color
  12. coral
    of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
  13. cranberry
    very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
  14. crimson
    a deep and vivid red color
  15. dark red
    a red color that reflects little light
  16. deep red
    a deep and vivid red color
  17. garnet
    any of a group of hard glassy minerals used as gemstones
  18. Indian red
    a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment
  19. lac dye
    scarlet dye like cochineal
  20. lake
    a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
  21. licorice
    candy flavored with a dried plant root, usually black or red
  22. maroon
    a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
  23. orange red
    a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
  24. oxblood red
    a dark brownish-red color
  25. peony
    any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
  26. pink
    a light shade of red
  27. pomegranate
    shrub or small tree having large red many-seeded fruit
  28. puce
    a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
  29. purplish red
    a red with a tinge of purple
  30. raspberry
    a small juicy fruit fruit made of small parts combined together
  31. red
    the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  32. ruby
    a deep and vivid red color
  33. ruddy
    of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum
  34. sanguine
    a blood-red color
  35. scarlet
    a variable vivid red color, sometimes with an orange tinge
  36. strawberry
    sweet fleshy red fruit
  37. terra cotta
    clay fired for pottery and building material, or the finished object
  38. tomato
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
  39. Turkey red
    a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye
  40. vermillion
    of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
  41. wine
    a red as dark as red wine
Created on Wed Aug 02 20:52:56 EDT 2023 (updated Mon Oct 02 12:54:27 EDT 2023)

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